Name
Salsa, virgin and martyr of Tipasa
Saint ID
S02130
Number in BH
7467
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
372
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E04981 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 9 October. | E04982 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 10 October. | E07852 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130) recounts how the young Salsa destroyed a pagan idol, was martyred and her body cast into the sea; it was miraculously recovered and buried in a small chapel; when Tipasa was besieged by the usurper Firmus [in 372], the saint protected the city and punished the usurper. Written presumably in Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis), probably in the late 4th c. | E07859 | Inscription in mosaic with a Latin poem commemorating the adornment of the church of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130) at Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa) by Potentius (probably mid-5th-century bishop of Tipasa). | E07928 | Fragmentary Latin inscription, with mention of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130). Found at Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa), near the basilica consecrated to the saint. 4th/5th c. | E07929 | Latin epitaph in mosaic, marking a burial near the body of *Salsa (virgin and martyr of Tipasa, S02130), in her church in Tipasa (Mauretania Caesariensis, western North Africa), 450/600. |
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